Elizabeth Patch's More to Love Blog » Positive Attitude http://elizabethpatch.com Art & Inspiration for All Sizes! Sun, 20 May 2012 20:47:58 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 en hourly 1 The Patient Gardener http://elizabethpatch.com/2012/03/the-patient-gardener.html http://elizabethpatch.com/2012/03/the-patient-gardener.html#comments Sun, 25 Mar 2012 20:24:16 +0000 elizabeth patch http://elizabethpatch.com/?p=6703

The seeds of change I plant today become the garden of my dreams.

No, I’m not just speaking of plants… Whether it’s achieving a long term goal or carrying on with a long term project, tiny seeds sometimes take a very long time to flower and bear fruit.

The big dreams in anyone’s garden take time. A beautiful

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]]> http://elizabethpatch.com/2012/03/the-patient-gardener.html/feed 1 15 Minutes to Myself http://elizabethpatch.com/2012/01/15-minutes-to-myself.html http://elizabethpatch.com/2012/01/15-minutes-to-myself.html#comments Sat, 21 Jan 2012 21:23:34 +0000 elizabeth patch http://elizabethpatch.com/?p=6493 I often find myself dreaming of the perfect, simple, quiet, beautiful life free of drama and stress… It involves long, unbroken stretches of quiet time where I can write and draw and paint and garden. In this dream world, I take long walks in picturesque and unspoiled countryside. I am in great physical condition from

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It can be very inspiring to admire and emulate those who are the best in their fields: athletes, artists, masters of anything from cooking to dancing to fashion design. But it can also be very disheartening: No matter how much I try, or how how I work at it I’ll never be as good as  (name

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]]> http://elizabethpatch.com/2012/01/practice-makes-imperfect.html/feed 8 2012: Live a Large Life! http://elizabethpatch.com/2011/12/2012-live-a-large-life.html http://elizabethpatch.com/2011/12/2012-live-a-large-life.html#comments Tue, 27 Dec 2011 21:24:47 +0000 elizabeth patch http://elizabethpatch.com/?p=6438 In 2012: Live a large life, whatever size you wear!

The interwebs are full of good ideas for New Year’s Resolutions (and lots of reasons why they fail!) so I’ll just give you one simple sentence to start the New Year off on a positive note: I live a large life whatever size I wear!

2011 New Year’s

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So very much of our lives as women are colored by feelings that everything must be “perfect”: the perfect body, the perfect face, the perfect hair, the perfect home, the perfect clothes and the perfect holidays.

Must buy the perfect gift! Must bake the perfect cookies! Must have the

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]]> http://elizabethpatch.com/2011/12/the-perfect-holidays.html/feed 16 3 Words to Cope with Thanksgiving Stress http://elizabethpatch.com/2011/11/3-words-to-cope-with-thanksgiving-stress.html http://elizabethpatch.com/2011/11/3-words-to-cope-with-thanksgiving-stress.html#comments Sun, 20 Nov 2011 21:04:38 +0000 elizabeth patch http://elizabethpatch.com/?p=6206

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Thanksgiving brings it’s own unique stresses. whether you are cooking at home or traveling as a guest. Preparing for a feast with dozens of traditional dishes and a houseful of guests requires major planning and hours of work. Being stuck in traffic for hours, or delayed/overbooked flights is no

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]]> http://elizabethpatch.com/2011/11/3-words-to-cope-with-thanksgiving-stress.html/feed 1 Perfect Beach Bodies and Seashells http://elizabethpatch.com/2011/07/perfect-beach-bodies-and-seashells.html http://elizabethpatch.com/2011/07/perfect-beach-bodies-and-seashells.html#comments Sat, 30 Jul 2011 16:10:34 +0000 elizabeth patch http://elizabethpatch.com/?p=5842 mother and baby on the beach

Two things I love about going to the beach are finding seashells and watching people.

A perfectly flawless shell is a rare discovery, but the shells that are tossed and worn by the tides are far more interesting in their unique individuality, because of the imperfections.

The variety of people

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]]> http://elizabethpatch.com/2011/07/perfect-beach-bodies-and-seashells.html/feed 3 10 Ways to Compliment a Woman, without mentioning her looks http://elizabethpatch.com/2011/07/10-ways-to-compliment-a-woman-without-mentioning-her-looks.html http://elizabethpatch.com/2011/07/10-ways-to-compliment-a-woman-without-mentioning-her-looks.html#comments Sat, 23 Jul 2011 14:30:34 +0000 elizabeth patch http://elizabethpatch.com/?p=5352 I confess. I secretly love it when someone compliments a new haircut or admires my outfit. But what really makes me feel all warm and fuzzy inside is when I get praise for something other than my appearance. Notice my garden, ask me about my writing, compliment my children or my home, praise my drawing

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]]> http://elizabethpatch.com/2011/07/10-ways-to-compliment-a-woman-without-mentioning-her-looks.html/feed 13 Daydreams and Down Time http://elizabethpatch.com/2011/07/daydreams-and-down-time.html http://elizabethpatch.com/2011/07/daydreams-and-down-time.html#comments Fri, 15 Jul 2011 20:52:43 +0000 elizabeth patch http://elizabethpatch.com/?p=5441 Do these two conflicting “to do” lists sound familiar?

1. Things I MUST do: the house, the kids, the job, the shopping, the errands, the bills, the yard, the cooking, the cleaning (and on and on and on!) 2. Things I WANT to do: hang out with my friends, read a novel, take a class,

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]]> http://elizabethpatch.com/2011/07/daydreams-and-down-time.html/feed 2 Lesson from the Garden: Beauty Grows in Endless Forms http://elizabethpatch.com/2011/07/lesson-from-the-garden-beauty-grows-in-endless-forms.html http://elizabethpatch.com/2011/07/lesson-from-the-garden-beauty-grows-in-endless-forms.html#comments Sat, 09 Jul 2011 17:48:22 +0000 elizabeth patch http://elizabethpatch.com/?p=5329 Take a walk through a garden nursery, or flip through a seed catalog, and you might become overwhelmed with the variety of sizes, shapes, colors and forms. Huge, thick-stalked sunflowers, tiny clusters of delicate forget-me-nots, the adorable faces of pansies, lilies in every color of the rainbow. Flowers that love cool, damp shady locations, and flowers that thrive in

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